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Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental Donates $6K to Rawhide Boys Ranch →

Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, held its 17th Annual Golf Outing on Aug. 10. More than 125 people participated, including Dawes customers, equipment manufacturers, and Dawes and ALL management. Through mulligans, raffles, and a silent auction, they raised $6,000 to benefit Rawhide Boys Ranch in Wisconsin. Steve Freckmann, Dawes’ general manager, presented the check to Dave Borash, Rawhide’s development manager, on Sept. Click for more...

Work Begins on Largest Contract in DelDOT History →

Work began this fall on a project involving the largest single contract in the history of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT). The department has been in operation for more than 90 years. Bids were first opened for the project, which involves the new Indian River Inlet Bridge, in February 2008. The $150 million design build contract was awarded to Skanska USA Civil Southeast Inc. in August. Click for more...

Manitowoc Crane Care Opens New Parts Distribution Center →

Manitowoc Cranes has dedicated a new Manitowoc Crane Care parts distribution center in Jeffersonville, Ind. The new 141,000 sq. ft. facility will consolidate parts distribution functions previously managed from warehouses in Manitowoc, Wis., Shady Grove, Pa., and Rockford, Ill. Bob Hund, executive vice president of Manitowoc Crane Care, said opening the new facility would provide cost and time savings to customers. Click for more...

Badger Equipment Re-Enters Crane Market With New Series CD4430 →

Badger Equipment of Winona, Minn., a division of Manitex International, re-entered the crane market this year with 20 and 30 ton (18 and 27.2 t) cab-down style rough terrain cranes. Badger Equipment offers the CD4430 30-ton capacity, the CD4430R 30-ton capacity with high rail gear and the CD4420 20-ton capacity cranes. The cranes are designed for railroad customers who install rails and perform maintenance-of-way (MOW) functions, as well as refineries, general contractors and heavy industrial plants. Click for more...

Devon Contracting Lifts Philly to New Parking Heights →

Travelers in downtown Philadelphia, may notice a big red boom in the sky. This boom, which is attached to a Manitowoc 16000, marks the location of the new Cira Center South parking garage. The Cira Center South, located at 30th and Market streets in Philadelphia, will include a 40- to 50-story office tower and a 25- to 30-story residential tower. The project also includes a parking garage and conversion of a U.S. Click for more...

HOLT Crane Partners With Link-Belt Crane at Open House →

HOLT Crane & Equipment conducted its first open house at the new facility, located at 7010 North Loop East, Houston, Sept. 22. The event celebrated the partnership of the company and Link-Belt Crane. The location in Houston is on seven acres with 55,000 sq. ft. under roof. Even though the weather did not co-operate, with torrential rains, more than 160 people attended. Nine machines were on display ranging from the RTC 80100 to the 550-ton Link-Belt 548 crane. Click for more...

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. Expands RT Lineup →

ALL Erection & Crane Rental Corp. has acquired three new Link-Belt RTC-80130 Series II 130-ton (118 t) cranes, the newest and largest rough terrain (RT) model made by Link-Belt. It is touted as one of the strongest, most easily transported, and easy-to-maneuver RT cranes. “Link-Belt is a superior brand and an extremely reliable company for us to deal with — and the versatility of these new, larger Link-Belt RT cranes will broaden our rental fleet,” said Michael Liptak, ALL Erection & Crane Rental president. Click for more...

Confusion Hill Realignment Project Nearly Complete →

For more than a decade, a portion of Route 101 in Mendocino County, Calif., has experienced regular winter road delays due to landslides and slipouts. These often five-hour plus delays have affected travelers and the transportation of goods and services into the area. The landslides also have caused multiple-day road closures, which from 1997 to 2006 resulted in more than $33 million in maintenance and restoration expenses to Caltrans. Click for more...

Terex Welcomes Valley Crane & Equipment LLP As New Compact Equipment Distributor →

Valley Crane & Equipment LLP of Montrose, Colo., now distributes the full line of Terex compact construction equipment. The Terex line includes compact track loaders, compact excavators, compact wheel loaders, site dumpers, tractor loader backhoes, light towers, telehandlers, power buggies, compaction rollers and a tracked utility vehicle. “We are excited to welcome Valley Crane & Equipment to our expanding distribution network of Terex compact equipment distributors in North America,” said Del Carver, area director, North America Compact Equipment. Click for more...

General Equipment Named Link-Belt Crane Distributor →

General Equipment & Supplies Inc. has been appointed an authorized Link-Belt crane distributor for the entire state of North Dakota. Brax Snyder, manager, worldwide sales, Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co. made the announcement at Link-Belt’s headquarters in Lexington, Ky. Founded in 1984 as a full service dealership, General Equipment & Supplies Inc. is headquartered in Fargo, N.D. It also will serve customers from branches in Bismarck and Minot. Click for more...

Thomas Ostermann Named Vice President, Managing Director - Terex Cranes →

Thomas Ostermann has been named vice president and managing director of Terex Cranes. His focus will be on providing overall management for the newly acquired Fantuzzi and Noell port equipment business. Ostermann most recently was vice president finance for Terex Cranes, holding those responsibilities since joining the company in 2004. “We are truly excited to have the Fantuzzi and Noell businesses as part of Terex and will work to ensure that our port equipment customers will benefit from this acquisition,” Ostermann said. Click for more...

AmQuip Hires Frank McKinney as Midwest Crane Rental Specialist →

AmQuip Crane Rental LLC has appointed Frank McKinney as Midwest crane rental specialist. He will join the team in Cincinnati as AmQuip expands its Midwest region footprint. McKinney recently was employed as a crane instructor with the Ohio Operating Engineers Apprenticeship and Training Program. He specializes in OSHA, MSHA, CDL and Rigging Training. In addition to being an instructor, McKinney is a C.C.O accredited practical examiner and is a C.C.O certified operator. Click for more...

N.Y.’s JPW Companies Stays Strong With Good Equipment, Good People →

JPW Companies of Syracuse, N.Y., has been working with cranes for more than 30 years. “We have cranes for every job,” said David Schwalm, executive vice president of JPW Companies. Every job includes loading cargo, erecting buildings and even assembling windmills. “We have one of the biggest fleets of Manitowoc 16000s on the east coast,” Schwalm said. “We use them for large jobs such as windmill erection.”Windmill ErectionBecause of the recent clean energy movement and because of government incentives like production tax credits, many companies are hiring contractors like JPW that can assemble windmills. Click for more...

From Horse Drawn Graders to Massive Crawler Cranes →

M.D. Moody & Sons is one of the oldest family owned construction equipment distributors in the nation, according to Stephen Moody, an M.D. Moody sales manager. “M.D. Moody opened in 1913, and is still going strong 96 years later,” he said. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., the company currently has several locations in Florida and Georgia, including Fairburn, Ga.; Pompano Beach, Fla.; and Fort Myers, Fla. Click for more...

Advantage Dealer Insurance Announces Bi-Weekly Payment Service →

Advantage Dealer Insurance (ADI), in association with National Payment Network (NPN), is now offering a bi-weekly payment service, for the first time ever, to heavy equipment customers, dealers and lenders. Since 2003, ADI has been creating business and insurance solutions for the equipment industry. The company recently explored ways to develop a payment-option plan that could be made available to the heavy equipment industry and that would be similar to those often found only in the mortgage and auto industries. Click for more...

ODOT Embarks on Historic 2009 Construction Season →

Embarking on the largest investment in Ohio’s transportation system in state history, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is officially kicking off its 2009 construction season, highlighted by multi-modal investments across Ohio and more than 650 roadway and bridge projects in each region of the state. With a total investment of more than $1.9 billion in construction projects, ODOT’s 2009 construction season includes at least 36 interstate projects, 125 bridge projects, and dozens of multi-modal investments — ranging from improvements on railroads, at airports, and along the waterways. Click for more...

I-70/I-71 Caps in Downtown Columbus Remain in Budget →

The Ohio Department of Transportation and the City of Columbus have been wrangling with plans to widen I-70/I-71, add gateway ramps to better configure splits to other freeways, and to build a minimum of six “caps” over the interstate for several years. Commonly known as “the downtown split,” the I-70/I-71 South Innerbelt Corridor Project is “a multi-faceted plan to reduce congestion in downtown Columbus along the convergence of Interstate 70 and Interstate 71,” according to an ODOT press release. Click for more...

Jones Crawler Cranes Purchases the First TCC-750 at SED →

Jones Crawler Cranes Ltd., of Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom, purchased the first Link-Belt 75 ton (70 t) TCC-750 telescopic crawler crane at SED, May 13, 2009. Jones Crawler Cranes, owned by Mark and Alexandra Jones, specializes in the rental of hydraulic crawler cranes throughout Southern England. NRC Plant, the UK distributor for Link-Belt cranes, projects the crane will be in service late third quarter or early fourth quarter 2009 following the completion of final testing. Click for more...

HOLT Crane Opens New HQ Facility in Texas →

HOLT Crane & Equipment, the Link-Belt Crane distributor for central, north, northeast and southeast Texas and southern New Mexico, opened its headquarters facility in Houston May 18. “There is an increasing demand for cranes in the Texas market,” said Scott McDougle, HOLT Crane & Equipment general manager. “Through our partnership with Link-Belt, we will provide quality service to customers across our territory.”As an authorized Link-Belt distributor, the company sells and services all Link-Belt cranes in addition to stocking genuine Link-Belt parts. Click for more...

Long-Time Case Employee, Peter M. Ferguson, Dies, 68 →

Peter M. Ferguson, 68 of North East, Md., died April 27, 2009, in Christina Hospital, Newark, Del. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., on Sept. 13, 1940, he was the son of Helen (Kubiak) Ferguson of Mt. Holly, N.J., and the late Paul Ferguson. He was the beloved husband of Audrey A. Ferguson of North East, Md. Mr. Ferguson worked for Case Heavy Equipment in Racine, Wis., for more than 40 years. His last position was as a business manager serving Case dealers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. Click for more...

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